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O-LevelMathematicsNumber4024/11 · May/June 2024 · Q112 Marks

Tom's pet eats 3/5 of a tin of food each day. Tom needs food for his pet for 12 days. Calculate the number of tins of food Tom needs to buy.

  1. (a)Calculate the number of tins of food Tom needs to buy.[2]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2024). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [2] 8
  2. M1 for [Number of tins = ] 36/5 oe

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Topic
Number, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 2 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2024 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 11.

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